Habenaria leucosantha Barb.Rodr. 1877 SECTION Pratensis
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
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Common Name The White Flowered Habenaria
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Goias, DF, Minas Gerais, Matto Grosso, Sao Paulo, Parana', Rio do Sul and Santa Catarina states of Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by oblong-lanceolate, acute, dorsally carinate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, .8 to 3.2" [2 to 8 cm] long, 8 to 12 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Habenaria leucosantha var. riograndensis Pabst 1951
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 10 1998 photo fide; Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 Sćo Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo
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